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GRASS VALLEY UNION NOVEMBER 4 & 6, 1866 341
BORN. In Grass Valley, November 3rd, to WM. H. RODDA, a daughter.
CONCERT FAILURES.—The concerts recently advertised at this place and at Nevada, to be given
by young Schmidt, Signor Milleri and Miss Brannan, were failures, not on the part of the company,
because they had no opportunity to show what they could do in a musical way, but because the people
did not turn out to hear them. We are at a loss to explain the cause of these failures, because the concert
people came well indorsed by the San Francisco and Sacramento papers, and certainly the people of
Grass Valley and Nevada, as classes, appreciate musical entertainments, and generally patronize concerts
liberally. We are inclined to the opinion that the manager in this last case, did not understand “the tricks
of the trade;” he advertised, it is true, but his agent was not sufficiently far in advance of the company,
and the walls about town were not sufficiently placarded with attractive posters. Printing ink is a power
in the land; and if you have any doubts on the subject, ask Tom Maguire. It is barely possible that this part
of the country has been too extensively “showed” of late; and the poorer classes, who are generally the
best supporters of concert and theatrical entertainments, are probably anticipating a severe Winter, and
consequently laying up their loose dollars.
RAIN!—The first regular rain of the season fell yesterday. Between 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning,
the rain commenced its introductory overture on house-tops, and against window panes, (the itemizer
always associates rain with window panes,) and the fluvial music gladdened, for the greater portion
of Saturday, all who heard it. At the present writing the rain has stopped, but the skies are heavy and
dark and the prospect of more rain is quite cheering. The rain fall up to yesterday morning at 9 o’clock,
according to Dr. Kibbe’s rain gauge, was ninety-five one-hundreths [sic] of an inch.
DENTAL.—Dr. C. F. Brown, who comes well recommended as a surgeon-dentist, has opened
an office in the Cliff building, west side of Mill street, up stairs. He is recently from Oakland, and the
News of that place says: “From his past course, we feel safe in predicting for him a successful career in
whatever field he may enter. We cheerfully recommend him to the citizens of Grass Valley, believing him
in every respect worthy of their patronage.”
THE BALL.—The benefit ball, given last Friday night at the armory of the Howell Zouaves, was
a pleasant affair. We regret that the attendance was not sufficiently large to make the benefit a very
substantial one for Mr. Smith, but beyond this, the ball was a success; and those who attended were well
pleased with the affair.
EXCHANGE SHAVING SALOON.—This New tonsorial establishment, one door above the
Exchange Hotel, is now in full tide of successful operation. Meeds & Johnson, the proprietors, are good
barbers, have a neatly furnished shop, and will treat their customers in a most satisfactory manner.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1866
MARRIED. In Grass Valley, November 4th, 1866, by Rev. T. J. Dalton, C. R. CLARKE to Mrs.
ISABELLA J. CARROLL.
THE STABBING AFFAIR.—In our last issue, we gave an item concerning a stabling affair which
took place in P. Sweetman’s saloon, on Mill street, between Dennis Dowling and George P. Dalton,
between six and seven o’clock on Saturday evening. We were unable, at the time the item was written, to
state the extent of the injuries received by the parties, and the general opinion than obtained that Dowling
and Dalton were both fatally injured. It now appears that Dowling’s wounds are not considered of a